Multiple choice

Which of the following is a pair of secondary databases?

  1. NRDB and MIPSX

  2. PRINTS and BLOCKS

  3. GenBank and DDBJ

  4. PIR and MIPS

  5. EMBL and TrEMBL
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Correct answer. PRINTS and BLOCKS are secondary databases. Secondary database: A database that contains information derived from primary sequence data, typically in the form of regular expressions (patterns), fingerprints, blocks, profiles or Hidden Markov Models. PRINTS: Primary source- OWL; Stored Information - Aligned motifs (fingerprints) BLOCKS: Primary source- PROSITE/PRINTS; Stored Information - Aligned motifs (blocks)

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